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JAMES RICHARD DANIELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Daniels, of Clinton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 55
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 55
- FRED WILLIAM SHATTUCK JRMajor · July 19, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN CARRFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- JAMES LARRY COLEMANLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- JERRY RICHARD DEESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- PAUL MEDORE DUCHARMPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BERTAGNASergeant · Panel 20W, Line 54
From Clinton
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH PETE WILSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.